I remember someone complaining recently that there wasn't much in the way of decent beer selection in kilkenny, so I'm willing to drop standards and just ask is there a decent characterful pub somewhere in the town? recommendations from all you locals please!
Clears beside the pumphouse is good. Actually most of the pubs down there by the brewery are good. Anaconda is good also. No good beers though. The wine centre is a very good off licence.
"a_friend_in_mead":11bn1byd wrote: Clears beside the pumphouse is good. [/quote:11bn1byd]
a nice place indeed. Not much beer, but you can see the shiny equipment of the diageo brewery from the window.. almost makes it worse <!-- s:? --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_confused.gif" alt="" title="Confused" /><!-- s:? -->
they had a massive whiskey selection though. Tynan's bridge house was one of the nicest pubs I've been in in a long while, again no beer. The grapevine wine bar had an ad saying they had o'haras, we'd already ordered a bottle of wine at that stage so I never found out. They seemed to have a couple of bottles of beer though. their website has duvel in the picture.
The wine centre has a great selection. Got a london porter and a flensburger bock. Very nice <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->
someone seriously needs to open a brewpub in kilkenny though. Such a nice town (city) otherwise.
and for any foodlovers don't miss campagne. One of the best meals I've ever had, and reasonable (considering it's one of the best restaurants in the country IMO)
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